the passionate moviegoer
a fan's notes by joe baltake devoted to movies neglected and mostly misunderstood
Sunday, September 28, 2014
cinema obscura: Blake Edwards' "The Perfect Furlough" (1958)
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"The Perfect Furlough," circa 1958, is that rare Blake Edwards movie that has unaccountably disappeared. And it doesn't he...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
cinema obscura: Ken Hughes' "Wicked As They Come" (1956)
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The joys of moviegoing/moviewatching can be neatly divided into two camps. First and foremost, there's the guaranteed joy that comes ...
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Saturday, September 13, 2014
cinema obscura: Michael Hoffman's "Gambit"
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I've said it before, but it bares repeating: Hollywood routinely makes and releases awful movies - on a weekly basis, no less - and s...
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Thursday, September 04, 2014
joan
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I spent most of my decades as a working film critic single-mindedly resisting interviews with movie stars. It's not that I didn't...
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Saturday, August 23, 2014
cinema obscura: Richard Quine's "So This Is Paris" (1955)
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Richard Quine is largely noted for his work at Columbia, where he started out as a contract player (he was sodajerk Frank Lippincott in Ro...
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